Learn to sew!

My classes for fall have been scheduled at 3rdward.
Follow this link to see times and descriptions for Sewing 1 and Sewing II and lots of other cool craftster classes! http://www.3rdward.com/3rdwardclasses/category/craft-etsy-at-3rd-ward

                          CITY TOTE IN 102                                             RETRO WAIST APRON IN 101

Strawberry Pillows!

OMG these are so cute!
I love Purl Soho! Such a great store, inspirational and fantastic fabrics. This was just posted on their blog this morning! Get started and send me your pics!

http://purlbee.squarespace.com/the-purl-bee/2010/8/21/mollys-sketchbook-strawberry-pillows.html

ART OF THE TRENCH

Art of the Trench is the new website look book for Burberry. All I could think of when I watched this is what a fantastic idea and omg Christopher Bailey is on fire. Bailey is the Chief Creative Officer of Burberry and also quite young, Mario Testino is the photographer for this WOW project.  This interactive campaign features models and you can upload your own pics of you in your trench coat. You can move the screen to see other coats, comments, models. You also can organize the screen according to gender, style, most popular and shades. Please check it out, the music for the film will get you in the mood to buy a new trench coat....Burberry if you are lucky.  http://artofthetrench.com/#

Glass Bottles Jars Vessels

I think colored glass bottles and jars that line a shelf are always so pretty. Even when I see them at a flea market there is something so beautiful about it. All the different shapes, the curves, the history of them, what were they used for. Martha Stewart Living magazine has a great article on colored glass bottles in the August Issue. Greens, yellows, blues, amethysts, goldenrod, amber, aquas, deep teal.  There is even a category called Cathedral Pickle, a plain bottle sometimes with Gothic designs.  Each shape is made specifically for a certain purpose, its contents, to protect medicine, keep spirits fresh or warn the user that the bottle may contain poison. Cobalt or green glass bottles were used for arsenic to kill vermin in the Victorian Era.  Next time you see a colored bottle you may wonder what was it's purpose.

   

The color here is called bottle glass green, this glass is the most unadulterated.

     

Natural glass has an aqua tint as seen above in the bottle glass green jars.  Until 1900 there was a chemical used to change the color. The chemical that was used would turn the glass lavender when it was exposed to the sun.

  The largest one in this picture, the demijohn, was used for wine or ale dates back to the 1700's.

 My own piece of amber glass. This bottle I picked up in Sydney. It is used for ginger beer by Bundaberg Brewed Drinks

Spice up your old baskets

I just received my August issue of Martha Stewart living. One thing about summer that I love are baskets. Yes baskets are used year round but the lightness of the wicker seems natural to warm weather.
In the August issue Martha shows how to dip dye your baskets. All you really need is latex paint. For detailed instructions pick up the August issue, it's on page 114.